Why blog??

Yesterday Kolby wanted to look at baby pictures. So we hopped onto the computer and pulled up our blog. We spent a half hour going over old posts. Kolby Love-loved looking at all the pictures. And once again I thought about how much this blog means to me.

PK (PK=prior to kids, dew and I use it a lot as in "what are those dusty things in the corner of the garage, oh yea our golf clubs that was a PK thing") I assumed I would make beautiful, intricate scrapbook type photo albums, chronicling each and every milestone. Bahaha-ha once actual parenthood set in and I realized I barley have time to keep my own self washed and semi-groomed and that the term "spare time" is a word that only exists in the world of make believe, (wasn't Snow White always lounging around?) I knew I had to come up with a plan B.....luckily for me our blog was already in place. So this serves as our family scrapbook/album. At some point I plan to have it printed out into albums by year.(brilliant right?) Until that happens my genius (I'm super nice when hes doing me a favor) brother backs up our blog on his secure server.(Ok not sure if that's the right term, I mostly don't understand half the stuff he tells me, but in my mind its safe and sound in a vault somewhere and that's whats important) Another reason I blog is that my memory is TERRIBLE. Its a well know fact in my family, if anybody needs past information they come to me last, either I don't remember it at all or if I do its pretty scattered at best. Each and every day with Dewey and the boys are priceless to me. The thought of not being able to remember them is terrifying to me. So I keep track of the ordinary and extraordinary (really its all extraordinary to me)

Like Kolby chasing a balloon outside

I just snapped shots of his expressions,

It took less then a minute for the balloon to pop

But in classic Kolby style he was over it and running back a few seconds later. I just love each of these pictures.

I'll note that our current favorite family time is spent playing UNO

Yep the game that was invented the same year I was born (meaning its been around a long long time) is a huge hit in our family.

We play at least 4 rounds almost every day. Luke and Kolby are really good and win more then they lose.

Pay no attention to the shoes, animals and laundry basket in the background. Unless you want a pretty accurate picture of what our family room looks like all time :)

And last but not least, at some point the boys will be able read every thing I have written. They will know they are the loves of my life, my greatest joy. And because I know that you never know what the future holds, if the need arises they will be able to read this and know my personality, a little about who I am. My dad died when I was 6, I would LOVE to have had something like this from him. Hearing only 3rd party stories about a person is like putting together a puzzle with half the pieces missing. You get an idea what its supposed to look like but you can't see the whole picture.

So there you go, I thought I would explain a little about our blog and its purpose, and hope that you enjoy reading it.